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Our Divisive News Media Needs Clark Kent 0
- Culture
- October 2, 2019
When I was a kid growing up in Boonville, North Carolina (population 600), my public library was the comic book and magazine section near the front of Weatherwax Pharmacy on Main Street. Because I occasionally spent the 12 cents to buy one of the comic books, Mr. Weatherwax tolerated my hours spent sitting on that
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Father Loss and Narcissism: Is There a Connection?0
- Culture
- October 2, 2019
Sitting in the park recently, my contemplations were interrupted by a man wielding a large camera, three young ladies pacing behind him. Motioning to the bench on which I was sitting he asked, “Can we use this for our photo shoot?” “Oh, um, sure,” I said. Glancing over my shoulder as I left, I saw
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The Hazards of ‘Normalizing’ Impeachment 0
- Culture
- October 1, 2019
I must confess I am torn on impeachment. Not the “whistleblower report” or the House Democrats’ looming inquiry into President Donald Trump, that is, but on the question of whether impeachment should become a routine form of White Housecleaning or remain, as impeached former President Bill Clinton often said of abortion, “safe, legal and rare.”
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Politics is Crowding Out Culture and Childhood 0
- Culture
- October 1, 2019
Many years ago, when I was teaching at Providence College, I showed up for a meeting of the faculty senate. That was rare for me. I loathe campus politics. But a friend of mine had put forward a proposal for a program in Classics, and I attended to lend my support. It turned out that
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How Technical Education Helps Male Students Earn More 0
- Culture
- October 1, 2019
Job prospects for young men who only have a high school diploma are particularly bleak. They are even worse for those who have less education. When young men experience joblessness, it not only threatens their financial well-being but their overall well-being and physical health. Could a high quality and specialized technical education in high school
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What We Get Wrong About Pursuing Equal Outcomes 0
- Culture
- October 1, 2019
What happens when you suggest that someone’s failure to get something they believe they deserve is due to widespread – even systemic – maliciousness? Social malfunction. African American economist Thomas Sowell, in Discrimination and Disparities, puts it this way: Those who seem to be promising an end to existing group disparities, as a result of
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